Aprunculus of Langres

Saint Aprunculus of Langres was bishop of Langres and then of Clermont in Gaul in the fifth century. His feast falls on 14 May.

According to Gregory of Tours, King Gundobad of Burgundy suspected him of plotting against him and of favouring Clovis, and resolved to kill him. Aprunculus was forced to flee to Auvergne to save his life. Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop of Clermont, foresaw that Aprunculus would be his successor in the see, and writes that his father was from Autun and his mother from Auvergne. He was the eleventh bishop of Langres and the twelfth of Clermont. French sources have him reposing in 491, the Orthodox calendar around 488. He was buried in the church of Saint-⁠Étienne, now the church of Saint-⁠Eutrope.